Priyanka Chopra Clapping

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Priyanka Chopra Clapping is a reaction video of actress Priyanka Chopra clapping for all of the health care workers. The video, criticized as an empty gesture, has been used as a reaction image to express praise both sincerely and ironically.

Origin

On March 22nd, 2020, Priyanka Chopra published a video of herself clapping by herself from a balcony on her Instagram Stories. The video featured the caption "People around the world have shown their appreciation for the doctors, nurses, and all first responders battling #Covid19 by clapping on their balconies. Although I coudn't be there in India today to join, I am there in spirit. #jantacurfewindia." That day, the Twitter ^[1] account @PriyankaCental shared the video (screenshot below).

The following day, Twitter user @zaaraloveslana shared the video. The tweet received more than 2.6 million views and 175 likes in less than two weeks (shown below).

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That day, Twitter user @thatblkgrl shared the image for reaction videos. The post received more than 94,000 views in less than two weeks (shown below).

The following day, people began joking about the video and its impact. Twitter user @saad_durrani shared a variation comparing the video to other celebrities' reactions to COVID-19. The tweet received more than 120,000 views, 6,900 likes and 2,600 retweets in less than two weeks (shown below).

On March 26th, Insider^[2] published a report on the reaction to the video.

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